"I'm more interested in what is the something else that it's become and not, 'Oh, another church closed'," said Cammer. Not far from Cammer's home is what was once the New Light Baptist Church on ...

New Light Baptist Church was designed by Richmond architect Albert L. West. Construction on the church began in 1859, but was delayed by the Civil War until 1966, at which point it was completed.

Greater New Light Baptist Church has a rich history, its predecessors in faith dating to 1886. Its home at 925 N. 18th St., distinguished by six towering columns across its front, resembles a ...